Mendoza will be launching three new minors for the 2019-2020 academic year, two of which are initially open only to non-business majors. These minors provide greater access to our undergraduate courses to non-business majors – consistent with our desire to serve all Notre Dame undergraduate students – and also reflect increasing collaboration across our campus. All of the minors have met with an enthusiastic response and strong enrollment.
The three new 15-credit-hour minors, open to students graduating in the class of 2021 and subsequent years, include:
- Accountancy: For non-business majors who desire a significant exposure to the language of business, the minor develops the accounting analytical skills to enhance careers in a wide variety of industries. Enrollment so far is 30 rising juniors and 15 rising sophomores.
- Digital Marketing: Offered to non-business majors, the minor presents fundamental marketing concepts as well as courses specific to digital marketing. Enrollment so far is above 80 students.
- Real Estate: Administered through Mendoza’s Finance Department in collaboration with Notre Dame’s Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate, the minor is open to all Notre Dame undergraduate students (i.e., business and non-business majors), and includes courses from outside Mendoza as well. Forty-seven sophomores and 36 first-years are enrolled so far.
Finally, last August we opened the Innovation and Entrepreneurship minor to all Notre Dame undergraduate students, as a collaborative effort between Mendoza and the IDEA Center. Its current enrollment is more than 100 students.
Creating these minors has involved a significant amount of work on the part of many people, from the academic department chairs and assistant chairs to everyone in the Office of Undergraduate Studies, and of course our partners at the IDEA Center and the Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate. I’m thankful to all for their contributions.
In Notre Dame,
Martijn